create slot with profile / so many lines instead of I J K style

not sure how to word this
i am doing a .500" diameter profile straight slot into the part. only .050" deep though
seems like it should output a 2 line K style command instead of a hundred + lines
maybe the post process is doing this?

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/XqyAkm.jpg


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this might be clearer

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/rgptw8.jpg

It looks like your slot isn't exactly orthogonal, in relationship to the workpiece. That's why the numbers are varying in X, Y and Z.

hmmm, just tried a X plane only slot and the same hundred lines of code....

Sorry, it's not very clear in either example.

But the code seems reasonable if I understand what you're doing.

i know it is hard to be very accurate with the words
in a X Y plane there can be 2 lines of code to make an arc
is there not the same thing for a Z plane arc?

It's pretty common for a post processor to create code like that for other than just an arc, even though the shape seems to be an XZ plane arc. If the CAM software is doing it's job correctly, it is also compensating for where the endmill is contacting the work, and thus would not be a true arc.

i have a diameter of .005 in the tool definition

After looking at the G code again, That arc is on a diagonal line so 3 axes are in continuous motion, there is no way to simultaneously move in a G17 (XY plane) and a G18 (XZ plane) or a G19 (YZ plane), one or the other, not both. The only way to generate that shape is the way the post processor did it, because it a simultaneous 3 axis move.

gotcha
my brain was stuck on there being like 2 lines of code
X x.xxx Y y.yyy Z -z.zzz K something something.....

do you have an example line of code for a radius down/infeed and then up? assuming a point and not a flat end mill

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Originally Posted by turbothis

gotcha
my brain was stuck on there being like 2 lines of code
X x.xxx Y y.yyy Z -z.zzz K something something.....

do you have an example line of code for a radius down/infeed and then up? assuming a point and not a flat end mill

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Here is a G18 move to create a XZ arc. This is a convex arc, but the same principle applies, there is no Y movement, only X and Z

G18
G1 X0.75 Z-0.1112 F5.
G2 X0.5449 Z0.0144 I-0.3906 K-0.2145

i see
so you can only move 2 plains at once. other wise it is a bunch of small vector tolerance 3d moves?

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Originally Posted by turbothis

i see
so you can only move 2 plains at once. other wise it is a bunch of small vector tolerance 3d moves?

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As far as I know that is correct. It's not unusual for me to run thousands of lines of short vector moves. A true arc in two planes will do a G3 or G2 move.

Hello,

Yes, you can't use I J K if the slot is not parallel to either the X or Y axes.

What you can do to cut down the number of line vectors is to use the Vector tolerance setting on the Slot tab of the Z Profile command, setting the number to a larger value will reduce the number of line segments output by the post processor.

ATB
Andre

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there is no way to simultaneously move in a G17 (XY plane) and a G18 (XZ plane) or a G19 (YZ plane), one or the other, not both.

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hello, just saw this :) some cncs can handle tilted arches; such an option can be called 3d circular interpolation

another aproach, is to take a normal xy arch for example, and apply a 3d coordinate conversion ( scale, rotation, translation, mirror, etc )

last, but not least, all those 100+ lines from initial post, may be executed by the cnc, in something like 1/2/3/very few lines : entire code read-ahead and aproximated within a tolerance

all above are cnc solutions

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for software solutions, seeing andre-dolphin in here, he will more than likely provide a quick tip :)

i like the sound of this

" take a normal xy arch for example, and apply a 3d coordinate conversion ( scale, rotation, translation, mirror, etc )"